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MARYLAND. 

Br  JAMES  K.  RANDALL. 

Tha  defigoi's  heel  is  on  thy  sbore. 

aiaryl.md! 
?iid  Jouch  it;  a-i  thy  temple  door, 

Mai  V  itiud ! 
Avenge  tba  patriotic  gore 
That  wept  o'er  gallant  Baltimore, 
And  be  the  battle  gueen  of  yorv, 

Maryland  !     li^  Milrylaud  ! 

Hark'  to  a  waud'ring  aop's  appeal, 

Maryland ! 
My  motbnr  State  I  to  tha^t  kneel, 

Maryland  J  ^^^ 

"or  li*>  and  death,  for  ^-oe  an»I  woi«l, 
Thy  pcerksa  chiv(i]?y  revtsl, 
And  gird  tby  huh.yVcu-a^  limbs  with  steel. 

Marjiiand  I     My  Maryland  i 

Thoa  wilt  ne7c"  cower  in  the  dust 

Maryland  I 
Thy  b<  aminji;  bjvcid  feball  nevor  ruai. 

Mar  J  lard ! 
'oraember  Cairoil's  sicred  trust,  n 

H.frnf-r-'- • "  '-'■  "'r-ird'H  wavlike  thvuhl 
Ano  :.  ..ihtrbra  with  ih«jUM 

11 .... .    ,       My  MarjUnd  ! 

•.;o«i«  I  't«  >  ibo  \<o'«ja'^ji  or  th«  «!*yr  - 

Orme  !  wilfi  ihi  tanophed  array, 

Maryland  1 
Vv'iih  Iiini?j{f  luH  spU'.it  for  the  fray, 
Wiih  VV«lS'.:.i's  Wood  ftl   MuniO'cy, 
Wuh  fcatlv-:!  Ljwe  and  daauicg  May, 

Mwyland!     MyHsiryl^od! 

O'jiuo  I  for  Ibj  shield  is  bright  And  3trojtig, 

Mar  viand  J 
0<,5r.ui  Id?  ufr  dalliaacc  dees  thee  wronf„ 

Marjl'-tadl 
vi,rae!  to  thine  own  heroic  tbronf, 
That  stalks  with  Liberty  along, 
Aad  give  a  now  Key  to  thy  son;^, 

Mftfviaad !     Maryland  1 

fkar  Mother !  burst  the  tyrtnt's  chain, 

Maryland  ! 
Virp^inia  should  not  call  i)i  ^Aia^ 

Maryland  I 
8hf»  rreets  her  sisters  ou  tbo  plain — 
"Sic  ^emyer^"  'tis  the  proud  refrain. 
Tbui  baffl'.'s  miuiong  back  amain, 

Maryland ! 
At'.Sf,  in  nisjesty  again, 

Maryland  !  My  Maryland  I 

1  toe  the  blush  upon  iby  cheek, 
>      '^       Maryland ! 

Br.t  thou  wast  avtr  bravely  meek, 

Maryland  1  % 

But  lo  1  there  surges  forth  a  ehriek 
Frnra  bill  to  hill,  from  croik  to  creok — 
PiuouiBc  calls  lo  Ohes'ipQake.  • 

M&r^  iHod !     My  Mary!  .nd  !  j 

xbou  wilt  not  yield  the  Vandal  toll,  j 

Mar>lMn<W  | 

Tnou  wilt  r./L  crook  to  bis  control, 
Mai  yi, rid! 

Better  the  fire  upon  tUfeo  joU, 

Better  tba  bladf,  the  shot,  the  D;>s*l,  I 

T^-Mi  cru::ifix':ou  of  the  seal,  i 

Mury!and  I     My  MaryU'-d  ! 

I  )n..ii  the  distant  thunder  h-vui.  } 

Marvlai-.d  1  | 

The  Old  Litit'sii  bugle,  fife,  atp^nmni,  | 

Maty^and !  • 

^•1*.  I    r,<v  /!...!  T  .•■  '•  aT  nor  darab—  } 

,  t.he:-ii  dcuiu  i  I 

.  ^  I  "'htj'll   come  !  i 

HUBii  come  1  •  ) 

Marylana  1     My  Maryland  !  j 

Foi-NTE  OtiuPKK,  JL.A.,  Apr;'  20,  IhOl.  ' 


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will  uot  feecura  !h«oor:irofof  ihe  county  con; 
Now,  look  fct  it. 


I  ment  proposed  oj 

lB»ti^fi?'l  "•'''  '-^    -^ 
1  I  haye  th 

!  revonne,  con;-; 

i'  desire  to  obta 
nations  either  of   ^ 
ter.     Where  the   r 
equilly  divided  bv 
1  I  will  ba  u  v<''u;icai 


Oi-der  t( 


t  to  ; 

',  Am 
opiiiijiio,  a:>c/  ior  ih'^    f-urposa  ot    luliaoau.; 
tho  poliiioAl  elcctJonapf  the  couatiee. 

Nj.t,  if  you  transfer  thcsn  sppoiatoients;  if 
you  elect  your  justicuc  cr^ry  vd  years;  when 
you  come  to  the  election  oi  (hesa  jnsticofl,  it 
will  amauut  \o  the  clvCi.o;:^  of  xho  tfRoars 
whom  ibcy  appoint ;  ci.  '    -"^^    -  ■  -  are 

not  nearly  equally  d;vi'  > 

<!i!)jj  portico,  it  will  havx  .  .    ja 

inev't-5b?y. 

TlbinKit  ;    ••■;.!-.b!-  ,-d 


i  coino  Oil'  ai  a  tiki 
I  t:on  which   I  sub. 

1  licf.5,    Tbo  pvaci! 
j  Cuiiori  -wil!  bi',  to  r'^er":  r. 
I  each  year  for  ei^ht  yea 
the  whole  county  for  foui  ^ . 
j     Noiy,  undgr  this  arrango-..  .-xk   it 

will  be  8rc:-;'liQgly  .3:f3, -.Ul  '  '•^■rn- 

tirsno  in  r..i  election  cf  ;ht»**^ 
coriHty  of  Culpeper,  vrhzrc  ■  '  J  ■ 

ticas  ie  twoacy-four,  yoa  "noald  i;a7e  tivo  jug- 
ticos  elected  in  the  county  t°,eti  yt'ar,  ftud  no 
two  Jro'jo  the  same  distric."      la  that  oa^n,  it 
would  ba  impogsiWe  to  fci-rn  these  combi'ua- 
tions ;  and  so  it  laay  be  ;  aid  of  e&ch  county  in 
the  State.  You  will  thror  it  beyond  the*  power 
of  pari/,  cr  pR!.-:rnal   c^*  fami'ly  ij^fluenca  to 
form  these  eomblnationii  nil  over  the  county. 
But,  we  ere  told  that  tHn.peop.'o  care  very 
little  about,  these  elcct'ons.  ■  Well,  I  believe* 
SO;  and  I  voted  against  confenScg  these  ebc* 
tions  upon  the  people  for  thi-j  vory  raasnn.  But 
the  Oor.y.rDliot.i  has  already  adopted  a  o^^vice 
•by  which  ihe   people  will  'be  culled   cpon  to 
vole  for  juaticos  at  the  sa-ne  time  that  they  vote 
Jit  the  other  general  eiectinns.     The  ppnpie  feci, 
a  deep  interest  in  the  election  of  gen'.lwjcn^ 
the  Legislature,!©  Oongresf:,5nd  in  Prs?idenfial , 
clectioDfj,  and  they  will  come  to  the  polls  to  i 
vote  on    ttiene  occasions,   nnd  having  come/ 
there,  why  ihe  most  of  the:a   wil'  probably  ' 
cast  their  votes  in  those  elect  ionn  rf  county. — 
Sn  that  that  olj action  i^  renioved. 

I  d3  nat  th'i.ii  ii  is  i  e<;'-  T.r.-;-  for  sao  to  co" - 
snrae  tho  time  of  the  Qoavevifioa    any    longer 
upon  this  prop()3ition.     ^rnuld  greitly  pr^for 
a  long-sr  tenure.  1,'Troald  prf  for  that,  thejusticoa 
should  hold  their  oflac?s  during  good  b<;haT!Ou^; 
and  ao  faPiJ|om  such    a    proposition    ag   th:. 
maaifestin/f  any  want  of  Cuiifldenc?  in  tho  pK 
pie,  it  ia  an  expression  of  the  vf^'-y  hipho.'t  oo" 
fidonce  in  the  people.     It  is  ♦.n  exufes'Jio.u  c. 
the  opinion  that  the  people  tuQ   coinpotoat   to 
sleet  cadti  w  '     will  retain  (joicefor  ft  Ur-v-iirno. 
I  ti oat  it  Will  be  the  ploasiira  of  the  Conver 
tion  to  adcpi  the  umendment, 

Mr.  pRtoh. — The  proposition  of  ihe  gentle^ 
man  from  Fauquier,  (Mr.  Bkooke,)  is  to  elec 
one  half  tho  justices  ovoiy'vsix  years.  tT. 
proposition  of  thd  gantlcmaa  from  Madiso!' 
(Mr.  Blakkv,)  is  to  elec'  one  or  more  ev.i  \ 
year.  One  thinks  the  election  will  be  too  fr,; 
queut,  and  h.' tkssi^a  ii^os  toreairictthtr. 


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